Thursday, June 9, 2011

Guilty As Charged: The Guilty Pleasures Of Music

"But if I can't swim after forty days 
And my mind is crushed by the thrashing waves 
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall"

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 Ok so you have hopefully figured out that I have a warped music library since I go from Rock to Rap to Dance to Oldies to even maybe Country.  But whatever the case I have your interest and I thank you for it.  I have always said if my music in the order I arrange it gives you that tingle down low, my job is done.

My music is NOT for everyone and not all of you like what I like, but I just like to share what music gets me in that special place.  MUSIC is the only form that can touch you in places that you never thought existed.   Think of the FIRST time you were at a concert and the music just punched you in the chest or you caught yourself grinning and had no idea why.   And obviously, the pot has a lot to do with it.  Not all bands have this kind of power but bands like Tool, Rage Against The Machine and Phish come to mind.  The kind of concert that you went to not expecting much, but left a FAN.

Enough talking as I just felt like throwing out a bunch of songs that have touched me either by making me laugh hysterically at them or reminding me of a time good or bad in my life.  And some of these songs helped me get through some rough times in my life so if you laugh or make fun, I will kill you. I'm just kidding but I will hurt you with words.  Everyone is entitled to an opinion.  I hope you get a laugh at some of these or even a good reminder of past things....You will also see some repeats from past blogs but I like them so much they have to be HERE of course....

and they are MY guilty pleasures so you might not get the same effect .......and plan on this thing going sideways with being a bunch of different songs all together in one place....

HERE GOES...and look out for CLASSICS by Stevie B, Doug E Fresh and Sammy Johns (TRUST ME they are sing alongs)
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This song reminds me of my good friends sitting around on a afternoon just having drinks and smokes shooting shit ....





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Former Lead Singer of Squeeze known better for "Tempted" and Mike and The Mechanics.  This song just reminds me of second year of college when we would get ready for school, if you can believe I went to class, and it would always be on....

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Another song by Carrack when he was with Ace....pretty much a 70s staple on AM radio....





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WHAT A VOICE!! These are NOT guilty pleasures as much as they are just UNBELIEVABLY good even today....still fucking awesome.....very very good tunes


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First time I heard this I was sitting around smoking pot (go figure) and I just thought her voice was amazing.....good tune




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"GUILTY AS CHARGED"  is where I got the title of blog from as this is my GUILTIEST PLEASURE OF ALL.....this song is so good and so bad.....yet I laugh my ass off everytime I hear it so obviously it touches some kind of nerve....LOVE THIS SHIT and that pic on album is KEY


CLASSIC


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Anyone who grew up in this time remembers this....and still a CLASSIC!!!!!

I guarantee you want to spin on your head when you hear this....

the NEXT is not a guilty pleasure as much as its just a CLASSIC and has to be on here......
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"Today, the album is considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, but it was never released on compact disc."

This song has one of the most recognizable beats ever....TIMELESS....TURN IT UP and DANCE!!!!


CLASSIC !!!!!_____________________________________________________

Just used to hear it going out during summer before college at LSU





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Reminds me of growing up in New Orleans in 80s but more importantly driving around New Orleans after Katrina looking at all devastation, but still being able to laugh with my good friend Mike C.....




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I can still remember sitting in my friend Gavin's Honda Prelude in Doc's parking lot at LSU at 2am with this as LOUD as possible and just a time to remember....LOVE THIS FUCKING SONG
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just a good song.....and this long version is KILLER....LOVE IT STILL!!!
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Just an ABSOLUTE CLASSIC song.....this guys VOICE is AMAZING....I know he is gay but a fucking incredible song.....80s summed up




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I used to think she was SO HOT!....oh how times have changed....another 80s beat for you
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TWO WORDS ----- OH YEAH!!!!

I mean how could you not like "OATES" and that porn stache

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The video says it all.....just fucking crazy party early 80s....coke and drinking and anything else imaginable





FUCKING GREAT BASS LINE.....I have always liked this song....and still do....so sue me MF
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I don't remember a time that year when you didn't hear REO Speedwagon.....being 11 years old that summer....ALL THE TIME.
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COUNTRY MUSIC ALERT!!!

Here are 4 guilty pleasure songs.....I am not a Country Music fan but here are the songs that have touched me in one way or another in my life....

ITS MY LIST and each one of these songs reminds me of a time in college so take it or leave it....




Working in the oil and gas industry you have some good times with good people...and Kenny is HUGE Saints fan so he gets points from me




LSU .....that is all





1989 Army in Augusta, Georgia and all I wanted to do was get back to college at LSU.....great times and good music

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Say what you want about the Indigo Girls but this album is a staple of my first year at LSU....and there is a LIVE version of this song with Michael Stipe from REM that just blows me away




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Just a good jam by another band that had its heydey but that was all.....and Nuno Bettencourt is a killer guitarist







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AND JUST A COUPLE OF DAMN GOOD SONGS



You will hear me singing this in my car as loud as possible as it is just a great feel good song.....


CLASSIC!!!!


ANOTHER ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITES!!....just listen to the lyrics....so 70s

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Reminds me of meeting my future wife in New Orleans.....a year after my Dad passed away so it has a weird special place in my life....and it makes me laugh like the Stevie B song for some unknown reason.....


SEE BELOW FOR BONUS!!!




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Creed - My Own Prison (1997)


see above as 1997 was a turning point in my life and I could either go up or down....and I chose to go UP....this song is SO FUCKING POWERFUL by them....the only good album by them...._____________________________________________________



Fuel  - Shimmer (1998)


Driving to Talladega Alabama for my FIRST NASCAR race and this song was popular at the time....I had just gotten engaged so nothing was going to make me unhappy.....CLASSIC!!!












This quote was below video "What a great time to be young and in love...

This song brings me back to warm summer nights under the stars, laying on the hood of my first car, this song on the radio, me and my girl, looking up at the sky, talking, planning, dreaming, and most of all, just being in each others arms...
My heart aches for that moment again, all these years later...
Love the one you're with with all your heart every day, because in the blink of an eye they could be gone. Cherish every second..."_____________________________________________________



Creed - Overcome (2009)



I still like this song....FUCK IT and it was filmed in Houston at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion where I have seen Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and RUSH....so it rocks




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CHEERS!!!!....NOW ONCE AGAIN I couldn't cover every ONE but these are MY Guilty Pleasures NOT yours but you are free to add you own...

I hope you enjoyed...now I have to go and wash my junk in the sink after all of this .....



GUILTY AS CHARGED!!!!




NOW THIS IS SOME FUNNY SHIT!!!!


Four Straight Males - Tearin' Up My Heart Music Video






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